Police work - Quality vs Quantity

In Chicago, a good police officer is determined by the work activity he or she does. Work activity can range from writing someone a parking ticket to chasing a gangbanger down a dark alley and arresting that person for a murder he just committed. While police officers may look at the quality and then quantity of their arrest activity of fellow police officers, administrators seem to look more at the quantity then the quality of arrest activity.
Within the Chicago Police Department, a member can be promoted to nine different levels.
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